The code was rocked on Tuesday when stripper Belinda Medlyn went public with allegations she had been involved in a number of steamy sex sessions with Warriors backrower Bodene Thompson and other NRL players.

Ms Medlyn, whose son with Thompson is at the centre of a bitter dispute over finances to raise him, claimed there was a group sex culture within the game and that players acted like "rock stars who can do what they want."

Thompson, who is in now in a relationship with Kaea Pearce, issued a statement to 9News on Wednesday claiming the allegations that had been raised were "extremely hurtful" to his family.

"I wish to make a statement in relation to the latest media reports regarding my private life and family," Thompson said.

"I am most concerned that these allegations, which occurred many years ago, have been raised publicly in a failed attempt to extort money from me to the detriment of myself and my child. This story has no public benefit except to attempt to smear my reputation.

"The allegations and the fact they have been raised so publicly, are extremely hurtful to my family and I.

"I hope everyone can appreciate and respect my family's privacy, particularly in light of there being a young child involved in this matter, and my main objective is to protect him from these indelible articles being circulated."

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It was reported that Medlyn and Thompson started their relationship in 2014, after his Wests Tigers teammates attended the Santa Fe Gold strip club in Townsville with a dancer there introducing the pair through social media.

Their sex sessions occurred in their own apartments, as well as plush hotels across the country, and the pair offered each other's friends to be involved with one instance involving Thompson and two other NRL players.

"Although I do not wish to give any more oxygen to this story I believe it is important to put the facts on the table," Thompson said in his statement.

1. Ms Medlyn approached me in June 2017 threatening that she would expose this story unless I gave her the sum of $50,000. I refused to pay her this money on the basis that I was already paying her child support as assessed by the Child Support Agency.

2. I love my son and I have been striving to have a relationship with him. Ms Medlyn has made this difficult however I continue to seek avenues to pursue having a proper relationship with my son.

3. I continue to meet all of my financial obligations to my son and to work hard to ensure his future.

"I trust this matter can now come to an end."

Thompson is off contract at the end of the season and the Warriors issued a statement on Tuesday stating the matter was personal and they were confident he was meeting all his legal and financial obligations.